dwarfish

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Their Dwarfish Pages were As Cherubins, all gilt: the Madams too, Not vs'd to toyle, did almost sweat to beare The Pride vpon them, that their very labour Was to them, as a Painting.

From Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William

Dwarfish Moon men passed viands and a sort of palm wine in the great banquet-room, which singularly resembled one of those early twentieth century interiors shown in museums.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry

Dwarfish in stature and dark in complexion, David Reubeni was wasted by continual fasting, but his manner, though harsh and forbidding, was intrepid and awe-inspiring.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel

Dwarfish Lorenzino de Medici was the most solicitous among them.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

Dwarfish in stature but broadly built, they are remarkable for the shortness of their legs.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg